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THE OMAHA DAILY ItEK: TUESDAY, DECEMI1EH 15, 1003. Wis Omaha Daily Dee. K. ROSE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally pee (without Sunday), on Tear.. Moo a inuitrT Sunday Hee. On YMr ,w I Saturday Bee One Year 1 SO Tsentieth century Farranr. One fear., loo .. delivered BY CAKKtBrt. na y pee (witno.it Bunoayi. P" ropT.... - i uv km (without Hunnnvi. Dfr wt?-K . .1-i Kay"0 KvSing Bwffi week Cnmnlslntl rtt 1 rtvtiill ri ttea In should ba addressed to City Circulation Da partment. OFFICES. Omaha Th Bee Building. ' South Omaha City Hall Building, Twen tlfth and M fifceta. Council Bluffs 19 Pearl Street Chicago 10 Unity BulMlng. New York C32S Park Row Building. Washington G01 Fourteenth Street. J CORRESPONDENCE, Communications relating to news and edl BeEditortal"rPp!itmen"tareMrt: 0n,h remittances. payable to The, Bee WiiLj cSmpin" Only j-crnt stamps accepted in pavment of . I Om"harUeI!iern e?hnBea7not accepted, THE BEE PUBLISHING VOMfAWX. statement or circulation. State of Nebraska. Douglas County, ss.i . a - . a. a u M "FViaa USSa Pubiishina ' 000108" being duly aworn. sey. that the. actnal "umber or run ana rnmnUia Mn iti of The Dally Morninn. 1 Evening and Sunday Bee printed during ins monm or jNovemoer, iwo, - lows: I. s. 9,A70 BO,44 no.otio 8T.4AO JW.T40 17.. ao!40 '.'...,.ao.2ao 40,5 m'ito IS It an 11:. 24 2S , 2 27 a 2 ao.oao 4t,ioo 81.TBO H,WH) 80..-.o 30,120 t .-, ao.iao 10 11... SU.BOO 12 XO.04O 12 4fl,tft5 14.... u 203 lO ii tt,9oO SO 000 I t.J?'iV':'e.V.",''BrM ' io!sa Total ui)' I . nnn I nc coia.1 aaiea Nat average sales... I"'.; ao,T55 OEO. B. TZ8CHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to ceiore ma una sum aay 01 novtmoer, a, D. 190S. M. B. HUNOATB, (Seal.) Notary Public. It should never be too cold to stand up for Omaha and Nebraska. That revenue law decision is consider- ably overdue. The taxpayers of Ne- braska would like to know whero they I are at Herr Bebel of the Kelcbstag Is being heard with a frequency suggestive of a typographical error in the second letter Of his name. I General Keyea "expresses the hope there will be no war between the United tlons The sooner the neonle of Ne- "--""-""'"V" v ,Ti a V l Proauctlv ower "na consumption of pro iAnM. t. : . . "ner Fr? 01 foreign country, or Intended for ship- ducts. An "educational test" enforced to ia,rtn mm vvivu4 . a u ss.ot wvm" eral, thanks! If the latest filing In the Northern Securities suit really is a "brief people will gasp at thought of what something long woujd be., - em. t.t - ...,-- ue urumf m ui a uuiue mr ak-oht- . ..... I Ben for the coming year is still to be satisfactorily solved. Send your an- swera to amson. P. O. Box 777. r.e.l-tnt . nil ,o- k.nl, p ..wo , - -"-j . rl o...l ..tl,o. "'- ."""t. . vt It l.oU luun i. I ------- - - i three weeks sluce they bad one there. It baa been suggested that a peniten tiary at Grand Rapids could be main talncd with what may otherwise have to ie expenaea in ranroaa rare to jacn-inaa a.v.. sou. NegotlatlolToTnV between Russia and Japan are "on the point of lielng realiaed"-whlch is Just where they have- been a good many times be- Tore - I One Nebraska naner has alren.lv come out for William R. Hearst for the demo- crane presiaentiai nomination in imi Aa Hearst owns three nanera himself. ... ..... . .. . i this makes at least four that, are for i.im The Woman'a board of the 8t. Ixmls exposition la about to elect a president to aucceed Mrs. Jamea L. Blair. The incident has a pathos In no way lessened by anything Mra. Bialr'a husband may nave done, it must ue rememoerea tnat it la on.y " , iV m . ie tv . '- tfwiieitikncA tn tliA riArtna nantfA nf iimn ... - they would be proclaiming the useless ness of their own calling. What the governor of North Carolina am to tne governor pi noutu Carolina . . . . . . ., on the occasion of 'heir famous meeting la recorded In history, but what Vope Pius X said to William Jennings Brysn la likely to remain a profound mystery. The transformation of a former beer garden into a house of divine worship will hereafter furnish the conclusive answer to Itinerant evangelists who try to achieve notoriety t by proclaiming Omaha to be the wickedest city In the wotld.. Secretary Hitchcock breaks the record for length of his official report, but It i, bardly probable the other cabinet offl- P"4. bould the preferential tar- Jt pet, the congressmen for railroad oommerdai imporUnc. U likely to be sn eers will emulate bis example or feel ,ff PlleJ sdrocated by Mr. Chamber- farft Aj the iaat cen.u, 0f railway hanced to a marked degree. But, like all discredited by his achievement in oro- '.Inr n ralnnm nf 9 ST tn vl of bis year's work. v oiwauo s junior sf naior intormeu Washington that Colorado's governor la to blause, whereupon Colorado eitl- ens Informed Washington that Colo- .... . , . rado a Junior senator lied. Colorado bas not outgrown that western habit of "calling a bluff." Omaha la LecoinU.- a favoritn nlaca or lurammi i uiiwuira iu vurisiuiH. In when they find themselves in this aectlon of the west with their holiday lay-off in front of tbeiu. The pro fee- adnata ... It.vl.tul ,.l,a l.u,.,.Jc "- - at borne aa often as they nisy Lvdlthe PoTilnlon wheat growers are at a tKvusluu ta euy Ht're at Kituru. tiKBKASKA'B BTATt DtBT. The semi annnal statement of the I auditor show that the Indebtedness of the state of Nebraska represented by outstanding warrants drawn saalnst the treasury aaereirates more than two and qmmpr mma dollars, the increase the past six months being . - . I Sllgntiy 111 excess or fW.),(Ss. in view f th . frt ih.t th .tte constitution crant. the ..r t infract debts to . -- - - mAt - voona 1 ifririfa At raiiuina in inn 1 t "never to exceed in the aggro $100,000," this warrant indebted- I ness is not only evidence or Daa nnsn-iau clerlng, but also of questionable con stitutionality. When the floating indebtedness came tip to the two million mark it was a slgnal for . widespread alarm and Its I present colossal proportions should lm- press the people of the imperative necea- slty of doing something to relieve a T ad situation. The only explana- tlon for this piling np of unpaid interest- bH,rl,1t rt,e wlim"rt' ttat wccMslw legislatures have regularly appropriated I more money than was Justified by the prospective revenues while at the same time a large part of the taxes levied by the state In years gone by have become I delinquent and uncollectible and must eventnaiiT be charged off as worthless I assets. A more direct cause for this debt, however, is to be found in the long- w"lum wholesale taxshltklng by which the railroad property in Nebraska has pKcnped bearing anything like its due Proportion of the burdens 6f state gov- ernment. It is safe to say that had the railroad assessments for the past t 1. I fift,on ypnrs bw"n reasonably propor- S1.O20 tionea to me assessmenrs pincea upon for shipment, or shall receive, or who, I tinue in competition with the existing teie ao.ioo other taxable property, and the railroads having received, shall deliver, in orlg-Phon mammoths, subscribers win retain ItOll TU III fllA imWaU ttMctl thflV hflFA I evaded by undervaluations, they would havo Pald lnt0 r"ry more than havo tin Irl Into tha traaanrv ninM than - - I enough to Blnk all the present outstand- Ingdebt. The two and a quarter million I ,ln 1.1 . v,-e u..a. Wl ,.Jltm,u nwBUl, ,uoUIO, represent tne omigauonn mai me ran- roads of Nebraska have unloaded upon the Other taxpayers Of the State. It goes without saying that the oppor- tunlty has been lost to collect back taxes mat the railroads snouia nave PW and that this colossal debt accumu- 'ation will have to be provided for as best we may. But if the debt is ever to v 11 e . a a. i I exunguisneu, or even aeiu own. u wlll be absolutely necessary to stop the railroad taxshlrklng for the future and to hold Income and outgo level by com- pelllng this exempted property to stand the same ratio of assessment and taxa- tlon as property which doe8 not belong I to these treat and Dowerful corDora- nfttBUi VaiirA nn Tr T n l a rn rr thft mnrmnr I .... . - i win tney grapple Buccessruiij wim tne problem presented by their state debt COLOMBIAN MUVMMMIITB. Reports continue to be received at Washington-of movements by small hnriloa of Colombian, trwn tnwarrl thA I I ... 1. .. .. m rt . aw . 1. i. ..i I "" i muaum, iuuuSu , w ueiutrr lueBe movements are unaer government authority or not does not appear. The I American shlus are maintaining a via;-1 liant tuitrol nf tli Pannma eoaat. th - . i marlniii that vara lnmlrwl im tha lath. ..- - inlia am still at tha tvnuta naslo-narl thorn I - and it Is announced that more men have been landed and will be located at a point of possible danger. Meanwhile Reneral Tlevea tha aneHal Meanwiuie general ueyes, the special envoy of Colombia at Washington, who just Deen elected to tne presidency I. .n...t,ll 1 a..lAa aV. I . I ! ryr K D,8 'Z ' M V. M ,L,nl(Ul M w Mf nflr "l "UJW l" uw" ",r- i "ow"un " on. tBe th Colombian troops. He is of course fuI,y authorized t0 give such assurance and In vlaw It thA natural InforonM that the movements reported to be takln PIac Preparatory. That is, Willi 11 I in ii t i ill) ii n i ra i if ii aa tmihmi iiih i , 1 the Colombian government is- placing IotWB wuere Wl" reauy or operations against tne lstumus in the event of that government deciding. after the termination of the mission of ueyes, to taae mat course, ab now in- dlcated the precautions which our gov- ernment has taken are ample for the immeuiate protection or tne ismmus. CANADIAN WHtAT CUMPKTIT10X A fonner flnance n,ln,8ter of Canada quotea " "ay,ug tnMt wltbla nre years tne ixminion will be able to sup- I . . ... .... i" iw " from the United States. He pointed out that last year Canada s wheat pro- duction. from 3,000.000 acres, amounted ta ftYftlO flOft huahela! anil that tha mnn. i - , - ... inniwtnnn a 1 ! . ' V. " land aa that now under cultivation .. . u l:,"leu "-'f uciimuu Vanj vuuuvi be reckoned with by Its competitors. It which will be grain producing in the ne SUOuld, to please the democrats, is not scared out of territory by rival, near future. "No country in the world naVa done something to alienate them "nd Pcy is offensive as well as de will take the place of Canada as a food and neutralize their enthusiasm for the fe""vl ' , ' . . , producer." declared this optimistic gen- tieman. "This Is due, to the richness of her soil and the climate. There Is no doubt that agricultural production in the Dominion will con tinue to grow, but we do not think that the American wheat growers are in auuger or uavmg tneir fcngllsn market taken from them by the Canadians! -I - -. ... .. . rrumn nTe or versi "M lam M Pti. & xpetea effect of Which WOUld be to Stimulate the agri - cultural upveinnnipnr or ( a nana arui the other colonies. It haa taken a great many years ror me POiRimon to reacn tits present annual production of wheat and it may well be doubted if this wlll be doubled within the next decade. But , , If It should be the yield would still ba considerably short of the Lngllsh de - I mand. after the borne consumption had been provided for. With anything like .h i ,!,.. wt,.oin I I i wmcu the lormer uanaoian nnance mm- I later predicts the Inevitable effect would be to matertatlr reduce the price of that grain and thla would operate to I .K I. . .1 .,. 1 . n I .,ou 1 dlaAdvauts;e In marketing tUt-lr prod- net, owing to lark of transportation facilities from the northwest territory, I and this cannot be provided for years. Until It Is the development of the wheat lands will not be so rapid as some Can- adlans imagine. It is quite probable that under the Chamberlain policy there would in . - . t ' n ni. -i - i I lime ie n miuiru r.ngiisu ut-iiimiu iw our bread stuffs, but American pro- dncers need not irfve themselves any - roil 111 a nn mm irnrp. inr inn Timn in 1 somewhat remote and in the meanwhile they are likely to find a market for tueir surplus in me inr east. . PCKt FOOD LKOlSLATIUtl, The question of providing legislation to prevent the adulteration, mlsbrand- ing and imitation of foods, beverages and drugs is again before congress, bills for this purpose having been introduced In both branches. The house measure lis by Mr. Hepburn and embodies the latest results of consultations of the ad- vocates of such legislation. It has the approval of the chief of the bureau of I , I chemistry and of the members of the committee on food standards of the As- soclatlon of Official Agricultural Chein- lsts. The senate bill is substantially similar though somewhat less, compre- henslve The new Hepburn bill prohibits the in traduction Into any ctate or territory or the District of Columbia from any other state or territory or the District of Co- lumbla, or from any foreign country, or shipment to any foreign country, of any article of food or drugs which is adulterated or misbranded, within the meaning of the act. It provides that 1 any person who shall ship or deliver I l..nl .,nK.nl.A"m no .1. r. ,m ev now l. tl erwlae. or offer to deliver to anv other person, any article adulterated or mis ' - - V .4tA a,iifAfot m. ml.. I branded within the meaning of the act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, the - . . - j... 1 117 ror ibb enense ueiDg line ur iiu- prlsonment, or Doth, in the discretion 0f the court. This also applies to any nrnn whn ahAtl sell or offer for sale In the territories of the United States adulterated, mixed, misbranded, or imi- tated foods or drugs, or export or offer to export the same to any foreign coun try. It Is further provided that the dl rector of the bureau df chemistry and . . foods shall, under rules and regulations prescribed bv the secretary of aerlcul-1 ture make examinations of rpeclmens of food8 ,nd drugs offered for sale In original unbroken packages in any terrl- torv or In anv state other than that in I ,hth hA haii Mcw-ficou .,-,,- t . a . . a. l iiiviiv vu mi J iutci)(u oiuuuj, nuitu may ,c collected from time to time In T.Plouil DJirtB of thG -nntrw. - , It Is believed that if the policy of pre- venting trade in adulterated and mis- hn(1(H, fov1, ,nd Arn rnn u ma(,ft effectlve in the field covered by the . .... ... .. - " . .. . tienuurn dui. u is Drettv certain to do 7-- I generaiy adopted by states for their int(irnlIi traffic. It is not to be doubted vtMt tne ampie of the national gov- . t. i c I iiuit'iiL iu uie liin I in win uuve a tpit i ... . . . ' I creat mnuence upon Biate lesrisiation. i .... I conducing to tne enactment or unuorm . . . uanrvi ujiuu iuo iiunmiu 01 me im- i tlona, ,aw Admitting the desirability and expediellCy 0f such legislation, It is manifestlv imnortant that national ler- - . . . . lglatton Bhai come first, in order to set Lhe Undard ,or Btate legislation. The miP(, hlll thHt wpr. hpfoP. tn(, I ne" met ,th no w - "1 sary consideration and reach a final vote. There will be no such difficulty .... In the present congress and it is ex- pected that the measures which have introdnced will be Dassed durlna the prcsent .eBBlon i 1 Th. ,.te.t Drotegt '.gainst the local grain" rates put la by the Chicago Great n nmh. ,, fm v.innnin. where the p,,, u not M mnch ..u n .. . cause n jmeneieB niui uuoiiu ftiniu Duglnesg tnat it may be a wedge for the aboUtlon of Lincoln's enjoyment of tne Mig80urt rVer schedule on general merchandise, without which Uiat .city would be seriously handicapped as a trade center in competition with Mls- . . t , . , hollering before it Is hurt. We aee from the onnosltlon Dauers that President Roosevelt made a great mlgtake in the reception he accorded the republican national committeemen dur- . . .L . . . , . . . ... i inn innip mvni v I M i r ill MMiiiiiirifwi " . . "7 . . . . " fn8tea1 of mllDg tMm tnat B0 PI're- l... ...... . ",. y. .ident Roosevelt la a con- Bji,tent republican and glories In his re- publicanism. Congressman Hitchcock's paper re- prints an article on "What it costs for ronsressmen to travel." Perusal of tna artlcle shows that it discusses what i. ta the envemment to nnv the ran. I " gresslonal mileage bills and not what DagBea in the lower bouse of congress I n) nr thr. merA miaKlniF i I The Standard Oil monopoly doee not aeem to be making much headway over in Roumaula. where opposition of thelgument before the Interstate Commerce authorities ts resulting in its practical exclusion.. Either the Standard Oil peo- pie do not think the Roumanian field is 1 worth fighting for, or they have not I gone In for it in earnest with their usual methods and resources. nenoa in ranroaa. nnanciai ana iesi circw. I . . ... ... - l jlii loyai auu pairioiic men auu worn n in every state of the union have been Invited to send protests to their sens- tors to urge upon them the exclusion of I Uun.tn Ul linul tmm h.riU.tlnn , .u.u. in the proceedings of that body. An rn I'largemi-ut l IM capitoi at taeuU)gtou to supply a more room for the petitions will soon be Imperative. Commenting on the rumor that gold democrats propose to establish a dally paper in Lincoln, one or uie nryanue organs remarks that "a gold democratic PIr iu Nebraska stands as much show nf nrnantirlno1 aa th nennle nf Nehrnnks -- have of getting back the money swiped by Hartley." That states the proposl- ewint.- uvu iviviumi The work- of the Humane society in agitating for more considerate treat ment of dumb animals, especially in the cold weather, It a good work that should have the moral support of the entire community. There is no excuse for either willful or negligent cruelty to animals. It is to be noted that Circuit Prosecu tor Folk is not romnlalnlne because a part of the president's message relating to brlberv closelr resembles one of bis public expressions. Mr. Folk takes It as a compliment that the president's " ideas and his own should be so much alike. Jim Hill's Ioerle. Minneapolis Journal. Mr. J. J. Hill Bsya that there ar not five men In the world that can fix the rail way rates over the whole of the United states and have them equitable. Exactly, but the logical outcome of Mr.' Hill's merg- Ing policy would be that about that num ber Of men would t&ckla. tha Impossible Job. la the Line Bnay f St. Loula Republic. The merger of independent telephone companies owning property In eight states creates anomer monster in int quarier-or- a - biiiion - doiinra class. But, if it win con- hope that there will ba no Ting-oft" on competitive rates. Bearlnnlnar nf the naacent Baltimore American, Colonel Albert A. Pops at a banquet In v.nii:u win inn uumi vi me auur 01 th( bicycle combine to the fact that It ceased advertising at a critical time.' His remarks further pointed the moral that 11 not enough to tell all the people some " .T.l an.n?! keep on telling all the people all the time if one Is aiming at success. Educational Teat for Immigrants, Portland Oregonlan (rep.) Orover Cleveland was right In 1897 when he vetoed an Immigration bill which Im- Psed a so-called "educational test," which ncw form" part of the re"urrecte Lodge i .. .,, ZvZ" " " , J .m,5l"i?.i immigrants in this country, for our doduIs- tlon Is less than one-twenty-flfth In density to th square mile of that of Belgium. Every able-bodied Immigrant increase, our aAt..4. ... ,.ki st- t ... v-v.w ... '" v,OIallon 01 common sense and justice, and r"?' ?rover . in.niHiia w M riKnL in ajKfi wntn ne r. fused to approve an immigration bill which made Illiteracy-operate like a crime as a reason for tha exclusion of an able-bodied " J.: 1 preaidtrnf. '""""" ,"""" sys thnt- nt tha rirht vimi umin.ii.. - . v B. v.wM cannot have too, much OXE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES. m , A , . . . . ' rracneauy as. .- . """r um.iohim noniHuoi. phi.ii. t,,! rnilaaeipnia inquirer. 4 nai we are almost on the eve of a presidential campaign Is brought to mind by tne lneetln"' h republican national f"mml."P? ,n w8hlnton- .In a few day. wl" uPn UB ana months will quickly speed along until the republican convention shall ..semble and nominate Theodore Roosevelt. ' Alt V.- HL.... M a.. t . Comm.eem:7nr;:7n.0' w"- 1 committee members have been VeuP'tnJrntthrrv07; The Rooae- trelt sentiment pervaded the meeting, as t will overshadow the coming convention, It is rare that such harmony has pre- vlled- ur year, hence there will be a .buIlh,t1,n,y n'm! nen- " vwiuiwrn iiuw 1. that of Senator Hanna. and Mr iianna has tlm. and time .m -t-n.. '.LvTl would contest. JU" ln convention of 1900 unanl lL - .r . l.m ' . . ." " s i ineviiaDie, ana a united party will face party will face a disunited demooratlo - organisation, an organisation still divided between tha teachers, Orover Cleveland and of William Jennings Bryan. OSB HAILMOAD MAN'S WAT. Mr. Stickney Set Apart la Claa. by Himself. Portland Oregonlan. The railroad man who 1. really desirous of building up the terminal with which his road 1. identified ha. many opportunities to show his faith by his works. uch a man is Mr. A. B. Stickney, whose repute- tlon aa a thinker and nuhllclat la ..h..i i - and whoae road, tha Chieaao Oreat ern. is always a factor in traffic that must "w ." lr"mo ln" . "I , "I. " "f" AB" mlnal. a. a grain market He ha. there I tore inaugurated tnrouga rates on grain originating west of ' the Missouri river .hint. . - k. ..... J . - - V- of thl. wlll to . Braln t0 ,top I in Omaha to ba there warehoused and det In, the same as It Is in Kansas City By many It is considered a master stroke i fc u. nnk.. v. V,o. ..i.a "1 I.. Z . '.... a J7-'il L"1 f Mr- BUckneya roaster strokes, it In fllcl oeP wound upon some Of bis com thrnM h. iove. and .bow. that h. mean, buslnea. In a recant pamphlet ar commi.lon Mr. Stickney paraphrased the oMe" ,ruU " ","?'J .Jl..M!r competitor, what you know they would do unto you- but d0 u 6rt." Tha carrying out of this policy baa caused Mr. Stickney'. I competitors to call Mm "pirate" and ha. I gamed ror mm a posmon mp emi- I W W kaa kan kuinSJia aa ft APalal nH i power in ism Mr. Stickney built 1 miles I of raiirod from St. Paul to Lyie. espect- Ing to sell it to the Illinois Central. Fall 'n in this, ne oeterminea w ouiia a oig I Syat0 fOf blOUMlf, Which "I don. by I ..,i t,.. n. to Chlolit. Omaha - 1 KanM, cll)r Bt- j0,et,b aod ether gat waya, DOINGS ! THE ARMY. Cnrrent Bventa Gleaned from the Army anal Kavy Realater. An order has been Issued from the War department stating that enlisted men not belonging to organisations which have been supplied by the quartermaater's depart ment with the new uniform prescribed by general order iXS of 19U2 are forbidden to wear, either on or oft duty, any articles of the new patterns adopted. The new uni form Is being Issued to the army by or ganisations, and It Is not desirable that any of an organisation should wvar It until all members of It are supplied. In a number of Instances enllcted men have secured the new uniform from civilian tailors before their command was supplied with it, and the order Is Issued to stop this and In order that the uniform of all members of each single organisation may bs "uniform." A short time ago Secretary, Root an nounced that the atudents who made the best showing at the six leading military schools of the country would stand a chance of appointment to the regular army. They would be considered as on a list of ellglbles and their position would be re. garded as entitling them to examination for second lieutenancies when the. time came. They were to take a place after the graduates of the Military academy and the candidates from the army and were to have precedence over other candidates from civil life. The prospective vacancies, how- .ever, do not Jneurs any sucn selections from that quarter. The fifteen vacancies In the grade of second lieutenant which existed up to July 1 are probably the last commissions which will be available In a long time for civilian candidates, of whom thirty-one have now been designated. There will be hardly enough vacancies during the year from July 1, 1904, to ac commodate the graduates of the Military academy next June, An army officer has had sn Alaskan glacier - named In recognition of his con tribution to the geography of that terri tory. Some time ago Captain Joseph S. Herron, Second cavalry, with two enlisted men, explored a hitherto unknown tract of country on the west of the Alaskan range, In the center of the territory. He made a map of tha country and having been the first explorer he named the rivers and mountains, one of the latter features being named for Senator Foraker of Ohio. Captain or. as he was then. Lieutenant Herron's work was published In a pamphlet by the military Information division. The United States geological survey has now published the result of some explorations made by Dr. Alfred II. Brooks over a part of the country through which Herron traveled. Dr. Brooks has named one of the glaciers of the section Herron glacier for the army officer, "our predecessor In the exploration of the 'upper Kuakokwla basin." The glacier has unusual geological Importance on account of the terminal moraine. The medical authorities of the army are anxious to have a special appropriation made for hospital facilities at Ave army post. The Revised Statute, forbids the use of more than $20,000 at any one post and in the total appropriation of $478,000 asked for. In the next fiscal year it will be sug gested that special provision be made so ss to provide a modern hospital of 100 beds to coat $100,000 at Fort Riley; a modern hos pital of twenty-four bed. to coat $30,000 at Fort Totten, N. Y.j the enlargement of the hospitals at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Fort Bnelllng, Minn., and Fort Sheridan, IU., to cost respectively $16,000, $50,000 and $00,000. There are eighteen vacancies tn the army medical corps.. Two candidates are now being examined In San Francisco and the next examination' to be held here will be about the first of April, although it Is pos sible a small class will be examined within few week. In the spring examination the new system will be adopted and pout bly most of the candidates w!U await that examination. Tha surgeon general of the army' ha. just Issued a .circular descriptive of the new method. Hereafter the examl nation for appointment a. a.sl.tant surgeon In the army will consist of two parts, a pre limlnary examination and a final or qua! Ifytng examination with a course at the Army Medical school Intervening. Appll cants who attain a general average of 80 per cent In the preliminary examination will be employed as contract surgeons and will attend the Army Medical school In this city for instruction ss candidates for sppointment to the medical corp.. The course of Instruction will be of eight months' duration, commencing on October 1 succeeding the preliminary examination It will consist of lectures snd practical work and the candidates will be held under military discipline. A contract may be an nulled at any time "by the surgeon general of the army. The final examination wlll be held at the close of the term and there will be a marking In general aptitude aa de termined, by the candidate's service at the school. Candidates standing highest In this examination who obtain an average of SO per cent and upward will be selected for commission In the order of their standing to fill existing vacancies In the medical corps. There wlll probably be Issued In the next week or two a general order from the War department announcing the changes In the military commands. It Is proposed to es tablish five divisions containing twelve de partments. There will be a division of the Atlantic with headquarters at oovernore ialand, containing the Department of the East, with headquarters at Bo.ton, and a Department of the South, with headquar ter, at Atlanta, Oa. The .tales of the Pa cific coast, probably embracing the geo graphical limits of the present Department of California and Department of Columbia, wlll be Included in the division of Pacific, the headquarter, of which will be In San Francisco. In thla division will be the De partment of California mads tip of the tate. of California and Nevada, Hawaiian island, snd their dependencies. The head quarters of this department will be In San Francisco. The Department of Columbia, with headquarters at Vancouver Barracks, will comorlse the states of Washington, Oregon and Idaho and the Alaskan terri tory. There wlll be a northern division em bracing two departments, probably to be known as, snd to Include the present geo graphical limits of, tha Department . of Colorado snd the Department of Dakota. The Interior and southwestern section of the country wlll be Included In a fourth division containing three departments the Lakes, with headquarters st Chicago, ths Missouri, with headquarters st Omaha, and the Texas, with headquarter, at San An tonio, a. at present. The Philippines di vision may be changed In some of ths geo graphical limits of the three departments which now constitute the present divisional command, the headquarters of which are at Manila. . All Trasts Are Alike. Indianapolis News. Allegations of crookedness are made In the management ef ths Salt trust, the Shipbuilding trust's difficulties are already known to the public and the quotations of Steel trust stock show that corporation's affairs are 'not la as satisfactory condition as they might be. It begins to look some times ss If the personal and Individual get-rlch-qulck system might solve the trust problem while tke legal department of tke government la busy drawlug up IU payers. THB WIVES OF tl,RROVMG. I Remarks ef Blha Provokes Ad verse Cemmeat. Indianapolis Ncw Bishop Hnntlngton of the Trofpslnnt RpNropat diocree of central Ncw Tork, who Is a man of great courage and ability, says: , ' "The clergyman Is npostoltcall)' bidden to order well Ills household, but there are some wives, notwithstanding their mar rings vows, who will not be ordered. The radical and comprehensive fault or sin ts worldHnees of mind. More than one pastor ha. been displaced, more thnn one min istry has been sacrificed, by ths pleasure seeking or silly partner of a diligent pastor or hard-working priest." It night to be remembered, however, that If a parson has a silly wife It Is only because he asked a silly woman to marry him. The Initial fault, In this case at least. Is with the man. The lot of a min ister's wife I. not alway. an eiisy one. A great deal la expected of her more, often, than should be expected of her. She should, a. far ss possible, co-operate with her husband and help him In his work. But thi. Is true of all wives. The trouble I. that the people too often expect the wife of ltlielr clergyman to be a sort of assistant pastor. Many unreasonable de mand, are made en her. She must ba more than ordinarily discreet, must be careful not to give offense, must hold her tongue often In spite of the most grievous provocation, must have or at least ex pressno opinions that are distasteful to ny member of the congregation, and must often make sacrifices of which other women know little. She seems to be, in many congregations, the natural target tor criti cism. If the pastor happens to be popular, bow often Is he sympathised with for hav ing such a "poor creature" for a wife I In such cases, no matter how worthy nhs may be, she Is looked on as a hindrance to her husband's success. With the prone nesa of so many women to preacher-wor- hip, the preacher's wife Is more than likely to be unpopular with the Idolaters. We think, therefore, that Bishop Hunt ington puts the case too strongly. Ts there no "worldllnea. of mind" among the parsons themselves? Do they not occa sionally tall because tliey themselves are pleasure-seeking" and "silly T" We think so. And we are sure that minister, wives, a. a rule, do more vastly more to help their husband, than do the wives of other men. Of course, there are ex ceptions, but they are not so numerous ss to warrant the Indictment of a whole class and that a class made up of dis creet, humble. God-fearing, self-sacrificing women. It Is easy to lay the blame on others. But the truth Is that a man, whether clergyman or not. Is usually re sponsible for his .own failures. It Is well that a woman who married a clergyman should understsnd something of the duties that she Is expected to perform, but after all it is not always her fault if she does not. Clergymen as a rule marry early In life, and of course choose young women ss their partners. Naturally, therefore, mistakes are sometimes made mistakes for which both parties are often responsl ble. The surprising thing IS that so many wives of ministers rise to the full measure of their responsibility. Taking everything Into consideration, we should say that clergymen fare better In the matrimonial lottery than do other men. PERSONAL NOTES. Governor Beckham of Kentucky Is the first chief executive of that state to sua ceed himself. in ninety-two years. . Wes y Oil may have that "y" tn his name so that he can switch himself In any dlree tlon a popular revolution Is going. Governor A. J. Montague of Virginia has earned a great reputation ss an after-dinner speaker end is flooded with Invitations to appear on notable occasions. Secretary Shaw will be the principal speaker st the annual Forefathers' day dinner of the New England , Society, at Orange, N. J., to be held on December 22. Wa Ting Fang, formerly Chinese minister to this country, has been appointed vice president of the newly created Department of Comme,rco In his home government. It will be bis province specially to look after the foreign commerce of China. It Is understood among the elect of New Tork society that this sesson there will be a qualified revival of the long-abandoned custom of keeping open house on New Year', day. The Qualification will be in the hours devoted to receiving. General Edward 8. Bragg, the famous commander of ths old Iron brigade in th. .war of the rebellion, writes home to Fond du Lao, Wis., that both hs snd hi. wife are In excellent health and are enjoying life at his new post aa consul at Hong Kong, China. Harry Jones, a veteran of Cariboo, B. C, who has been elected to ths British Co lumbia legislature, enjoys the unique dis tinction of being a member of Parliament who never saw a railway train before the one on which he has just traveled to Victoria, the capital of the province. Neither did he ever see an electric car until he took this trip. Incited thereto by the mysterious disap pearance of the young millionaire Wents In southwest Virginia a bill ha. been in troduced by a member of ths legislature of that .tate making the crime of ktd- naolng ,for a ransom punishable with death.- The alternative, at the discretion of the jury, I. confinement In the peniten tiary for not less thnn eight nor more than eighteen year. Some fdrelgn born Americans hava queer notions of duty to their sdopted country and precious little regard for the feelings for Americans of undivided loyalty. .At a banquet of the St. Andrew society In Chi. cago recently King Edward was first toasted. President Roosevelt was similarly honored along about the middle of the pro. gram. Stranger till, no American present protested against th. indignity.' Mr. Atkinson, the new attorney general for Ireland, Is a slight, spare man, fair of hair snd beard, with an alert, attractive personality and plentifully endowed with native Irish wit. He Is a martyr of rbeu matlsm, to use bis own phrase, has "steeped his legs In every bath In Europe.' A woman of the great world once com mlserated blm on his suffering snd sdded "But you look well, Mr. Atkinson." "My Dear Lady Blank, he replied, "it's my legs that are bad, and you can't see them.' John D. Bpreckels. Jr., son of the Callfor nl millionaire. Is telling tickets In the office of the Oceanic Steamship company offices, San Francisco. His father Is presl dent of the company and the young man has determined to master the business. He Is on duty every morning st o'clock and work, until I In the afternoon. His salary which ha has to esrn, being shown no favors, la about $100 per month. Later hs means to check freight oa the dock la or der to familiarise himself with that depart mtnt. The king of Slam, who bears tha musical name of Chulalongkorn, although only year, old. Is celebrating his golden jubilee with unprecedented ntagnincrnce in nans kok. Chulalongkorn ba. given Siam ss enlightened government snd yet sealounly guarded native customs and Institutions Hence, while be has built canals, railways lighthouses and hospitals, ha still serves ss a priest In the Buddhist temple. He Ba organised his army on the Oermsa model, but his body guard la still composed ef amasons 400 daughters of bis no tins. M.tKixn Fnr.itJHT tariffs. Only Raltrnaat Men (as Da tke Jeb Artistically.. Chicago Record-Herald. Jamrs J. Hill falls to ses anyOmg tu tlotml ahot the proposal to give the inter. tate commerce commission the power to x rnllrcad rates. Railroad tariffs, he says. re so complicated and must be changed so often that no one board, even though composed of the most expert Of transpor tation men, could establish them for tht ntire country. Mr. mn, however unconsciously, mus certainly overlook the essential point If he Cooper bill, which furnishes the ooca ion for his interview-. Representative Cooper has not proposed that the Interstate commerce commission shall Itself establls) sll the tariff schedules. He simply pro !' poses that when a complaint Is made con cernltig rates, and when, after a full hear Ing, the commission Is satisfied that the complaint Is just. It shall have power te fix a fair rate, which shall thereupon ba In force, subject to the later revision of the courts. There la, moreover, a further fundamental misrepresentation In everything that Mr. Hill says. The people f ths United States are not complaining that railroad rates are high. They are complaining that the rates are unfair, discriminating against some merchants or against some Industries to the benefit of others. They want to see the remedies against this discrimination made more effective. POINTED PLEASANTRIES. Don't van ..l .1 a ... - yes of the world upon you?" nnjwwra eenatnr Horphum, aa he hand deceives th eye." Washington Star. ' V h a t vnii raoVnn ah A t a at Chrltt'musr r "r X Lawd knows. I mow Inglnrully riu rriPllma tlarvi 'hnn Aa lMav . .Tm ........... .-UK, w bs IS I Ufa ;g- vesri Atlanta Constitution. He Didn't VOll Lnnw that . standing under the mistletoe? She Why. not I didn't feei anything. Town Topic. Miss Passav I'm having tnat IV . llest gown made. It s dark blue cloth, with old rose trimming. Don't you think tnnt will be becoming? Mlaa Puelts Tes: tha "old" mm will Ka ui f y appropriate ror you. Phlladel- Wife You had a hlaMr mnA breath smelt like a distillery when you ' came home last night. ..' iiusuuna fray, oon't use each vulgatex presslons. I admit that I displayed a little local color last night and that It was ac- I companled by Just the right atmosphere, I wBjr nui speaa or ic in tnat way I Doesn t ( souna a areat aeal hnttarT Hnatnn Transcript. "Sea hera. hntrhar thla maat la half bone." "You are mistaken, air. That Is s-ood meat." .... ' Botheratlonl . Da von annnoaa T a.m. know bone when I see it? 1 say this Is bone! Yes. certainly that's hona. Tha Sat,. I. bone, but . the meat Isn't. You said tha meat was half bone." Kansas City Jour nal. "What Is this boll - weevil, nanrsra. that the papers say ao much about?" -non weevil, my dear? Let me see. Ah. yes, of course: It s a new breakfast food.' Cleveland Plain Dealer. Girl With the Gibson Girl Nenk That mint Muntoburn may be a great catch, but he Isn't of much 'account '.n eompany, He said nothing the whole evening. Ulrl with Julia Marlowe Dimple Noth ing? Six of them, wasn't it? His money Is supposed to talk for him. Chicago Tribune. Kitty I believe you think Just aa much of Minnie Hawha a. you . do of ma ueorge wny, x actually abominate neri Kitty Oeora-e. you ar auch a dear! Boston Transcript "I suppose." said the' chemist, "that the eacret of transmuttlng the baser metal. Into gold will r.ever be discovered." Nonsense," answered the mining mag nate. "I discovered that secret long ago. All you have to do Is to choose your baser metal and then corner the market" Wash ington Star. "I would like to give myself to you ss a Christmas present," said young Poor to Miss Rocks. Papa does not allow me to receive ex pensive presents from young men," replied the maiden. Town Topics. THB GREAT OLD WORLD. Atlanta Constitution. The cynics mock her. The red storms rock her, The earthquakes shock her, ' But on she rolls I Downcast, elated ' For ruin slated, , She still goes freighted. With human souls! Tha great Mas thunder And rend asunder The white stars wonder. As time grows gray; But reaping, sowing, Her way ahe's going To meet unknowing A Judgment Day. f . But Joy go with her! Nor slip his tether When stormy weather Makes grief snd moant Tragedy Jest world Ix)St-unto-rest world. Still still the best world We ever have known. Miss Rose Hennessy, well known as a poetess and elocu tionist, of Lexington, Ky., tells how she was cured ol uterine Inflammation and ovaritis by the use of Lydia E. Pinkhain's Vege table Compound. ' "Dean Mrs. Vikmami ForearaI enjoyed the best of health and though that 1 would always do so. I attended parties and receptions thinly clad, ana would be suddenly chilled, but I did not think of the results. I caught a bad cold eighteen months ago while) menstruating, and thla caused Inflam mation of the womb and congested ovaries. I suffered excruciating palna and kept getting worse. My attention was called to your Vegetable) Com pound and the wonderful cores it bad performed, and I made np my mind ta try it for two months and see what it would do for me. Within one month I felt much better, and at the close of tha second I was entirely welL M I have advised a number of jsv lady friend to use it, and all express themselves aa well satisfied with the results aa I was." Misa Rosa Nosa Ucsasssr, I0 8. Broadway, Lazing ton, Ky. gsooo forfeit if erVfao of M arvei7 uIhm vanaet SsarvOvea; I r It "Ill i
